Crowrider: Diving into the Shadow – Unconscious Mother & Father Part II
Part II – The Shadow Father (also read Part I) With Pluto in Capricorn we are collectively challenged to let go of our limited agreements with the Old Father. On a collective level this means that all the systems, institutions, and structures of culture are breaking down. We are losing faith in Father Culture. We depended on Him, we believed in Him and now he’s drinking champagne on his yacht while his children can’t afford to go to the doctor! However, seeing Father Culture for who he really is, evokes a level of disappointment and betrayal that forces us to claim our own inner...
Read MoreCrowrider: Diving into the Shadow – Unconscious Mother and Father
Part I – The Shadow Mother Tomorrow, Friday July 1st, both the moon and the sun will be in Cancer, the sign of the Mother archetype, ruler of our inner world and our relationship to needs, dependency and belonging. On the same day, Pluto, ruler of the underworld, the principle of death and rebirth and deep transformation will be stationed exactly opposite the moon in the sign of Capricorn, the Father archetype, ruler of culture, order, and external reality. Uranus and Saturn are squaring both Cancer and Capricorn creating a marvelous, powerhouse of change called a grand square. This...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Two Needs of the Soul
The body has just a handful of basic needs: water, food, sleep, and air. The soul, in it’s multiplicity, has a variety of needs – so many that sometimes trying to meet every individual aspect of our inner-being, when they are ALL raising their hands at the same time, is quite the challenge. But at the beginning of life, and in the foundations of our being, the soul really has only two basic needs: autonomy and belonging. Autonomy relates to the seed of individuality that lives within each of us. The Greeks called this the telos of the soul and related it to an acorn that has its innate...
Read MoreCrowrider: Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free
This episode of Crowrider Street is brought to you by: The letter: “I” The planet: Uranus The word: Truth Sometimes, when we listen to our inner guidance, the intuitive information we hear is not to our liking. On a smaller scale this can show up as the truth that I’m tired and need more rest, when my plan was to get more done in my day! I don’t want to rest! On a larger scale we may resist the reality that it’s time to change jobs, shift our relationships, or move from our homes. Simply put, we don’t like to LET GO OF THE PLAN! But what happens when we actually acknowledge the...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Labyrinth- Following the Thread of Imagination
The labyrinth is one of the symbols I’ve been exploring in my ongoing inquiry of the transitional/liminal phase of initiation (see previous blogpost for more on the three phases of initiation.) The labyrinth represents the maze of great confusion we enter when we have lost our identity. It is a twisting journey of discovery, transition and reclamation, the unrelenting longing to find one’s center or the Self – who we really are when we shed the limited outer identity. The labyrinth is also seen as a trap, prison, or obstacle, and conveys the real dangers of getting lost in the chaos...
Read MoreCrowrider: The Questing Beast
A few weeks ago I spent a wonderful weekend with the mythologist, storyteller and all-around passionate soul Martin Shaw. He brought the story of Tristan and Isolde alive in the most animated manner. Emerald rings, broken swords, slain giants, blood, black sails and beating hearts pranced about our intimate gathering as he drummed us along the twisting path of love and betrayal illuminating the particular ways trickster announces itself in the human terrain of intimacy. There’s nothing that makes me happier than living inside of a story for days on end – marinating in metaphors, achingly...
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